Security Researcher (Web Security)

Santa Clara, CA, United States

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Palo Alto Networks

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Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

We have the vision of a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. These aren’t easy goals to accomplish – but we’re not here for easy. We’re here for better. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

We’re changing the nature of work. Palo Alto Networks is evolving to meet the needs of our employees now and in the future through FLEXWORK, our approach to how we work. From benefits to learning, location to leadership, we’ve rethought and recreated every aspect of the employee experience at Palo Alto Networks.  And because it FLEXes around each individual employee based on their individual choices, employees are empowered to push boundaries and help us all evolve, together.

Job Description

Your Career

The Web Security Research team is responsible for delivering high quality content to our products to prevent successful cyberattacks and protect our customers, with a special focus on malicious URL detection, DNS security, network security and privacy protection. 

We are looking for a motivated and creative Security Researcher to join our team to research, design, and develop innovative threat detection systems and infrastructure for protecting customers against constantly evolving online threats and attacks. 

Your Impact

  • Track and research emerging online threats and innovate new automated ways to identify malicious indicators used by malicious websites and URLs
  • Design, develop, test and release threat prevention and detection systems to protect enterprise customers around the globe 
  • Leverage data-driven approaches, such as statistical analysis, machine learning, deep learning and other advanced techniques
  • Convert research results and discoveries into real-impact innovative products
  • Implement and maintain complex software pipelines and data infrastructures with challenging requirements on high quality and performance
  • Work across teams to deliver production-impact projects

Qualifications

Your Experience

  • Creative thinker and team player with a passion for data-driven security research, and building high quality, complex systems as a part of an incredible research team
  • Strong Web security and DNS security background and expertise in detecting security threats over the Internet, such as, phishing, fraud, botnet, spam
  • Experience with malware traffic analysis, signature mining, sandboxing is a plus 
  • Experience with crawling infrastructures and security scanners is a plus 
  • Experience with email security is a plus
  • Strong engineering skills and ability to fastly learn and adapt to new programming languages and technologies
  • Advanced programming skills in Python, JavaScript/Node.js, Shell scripting
  • Advanced programming skills in Golang is a plus
  • Knowledge and experience with modern databases and Big Data tools, such as ELK stack, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ
  • Experience with developing REST APIs and microservices
  • Knowledge and experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
  • Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as GCP, AWS, Azure is a plus
  • Knowledge and experience in machine learning techniques, workflows and algorithms, such as k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Decision Trees, Random Forest, CNN and RNN, and Boosting
  • Experience with implementing complex data-driven systems and ML pipelines is a plus
  • Must have MS/PhD in Computer Science / Software Engineering - PhD in Computer Security or Privacy is preferred or equivalent military experience required
  • Must have 2+ years of a relevant industry experience
  • Past work experience in early-stage, fast-growth startups is a plus
  • Past experience on open source projects is a plus

Additional Information

The Team

Engineering is at the core of our products and connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating — challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don’t shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before. 

We define the industry instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment. 

Our Commitment

We’re trailblazers that dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: we can’t accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with a disability. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need, please contact us at accommodations@paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in our workplace, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or other legally protected characteristics.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $139,400/yr to $225,500/yr. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.

Covid-19 Vaccination Information for Palo Alto Networks Jobs

  • Vaccine requirements and disclosure obligations vary by country.
  • Unless applicable law requires otherwise, you must be vaccinated for COVID or qualify for a reasonable accommodation if:
    • The job requires accessing a company worksite
    • The job requires in-person customer contact and the customer has implemented such requirements
    • You choose to access a Palo Alto Networks worksite
  • If you have questions about the vaccine requirements of this particular position based on your location or job requirements, please inquire with the recruiter.

Tags: APIs AWS Azure Big Data Cloud Computer Science DNS Docker ELK GCP Golang JavaScript Kafka Kubernetes Machine Learning Malware Microservices MongoDB MySQL Network security Node.js Open Source PhD Privacy Python RabbitMQ Redis Scripting Threat detection

Perks/benefits: Career development Medical leave Salary bonus Startup environment

Region: North America
Country: United States
Job stats:  21  2  0
Category: Research Jobs

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